ONE boy with Microcephaly, TWO typical siblings, THREE deep breaths...

Thursday, May 15, 2008

It's Game Time!

So here's a little game I like to play called "What Did You Have For Lunch Today?" Today's an especially good day to play, because just take a look at Max's sweatshirt!!

Let's see....tomato sauce. Cheesey something? Some grease... I'm gonna guess lasagna! But to make it more fun, I try to get Max to tell me what it was first. So I start to guess random school lunch items.

Me: Did you have....MILK?

Max: (nodding and grinning)

Me: Did you have....HOT DOGS?

Max: (nodding and getting excited)

Me: Did you have.....PANCAKES?

Max: (nodding more, still grinning, getting a twinkle in his eye...)

Me: Did you have....LASAGNA?

Max: (loving it, grinning huge, still nodding)

Once we get tired of the guessing part, I check the school lunch menu and then talk about what he actually ate. I ask him about each of those items individually, and he agrees and nods. We talk about those foods and high five. (then I get out the Spray-n-Wash)

About My Son

Max has microcephaly. He is currently 8 years old and attends 2nd Grade in a Functional Skills classroom in the public school system. He is non-verbal and does some signing. He has mild SID, apraxia, chronic sleep issues, developmental and cognitive delays, AND is an extremely active, healthy, social, curious, loving, happy little boy. In other words, he's practically a genius.